Tour Ardent Mills' new Port Redwing flour mill

Besides being the newest flour mill in the United States, the Ardent Mills flour mill built along the Gulf coast in metropolitan Tampa, Florida, US, has several details that set it apart. Advanced analytics, state-of-the-art equipment, unusually large grain storage capacity and unique supply chain capabilities are among the mill’s distinguishing features.

At 17,500 cwts of daily flour milling capacity, the Port Redwing mill is not Ardent Mills’ largest and is not among the 25 largest flour mills in the United States. With the capacity to receive large quantities of wheat, though, Ardent Mills constructed a large grain elevator at the Port Redwing mill, with 4.1 million bushels of storage capacity.

The elevator may be the largest ever built concurrent with the construction of a US flour mill and, according to the 2022 Grain & Milling Annual published by Sosland Publishing Co., it is the sixth largest elevator of any US flour mill currently operating. The concrete elevator includes 12, 50-foot-concrete bins with 300,000 bushels of grain storage apiece as well as a number of smaller grain bins.

Ardent Mills Port Redwing

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Ardent Mills Port Redwing aerial

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Ardent Mills recently completed construction of a new flour mill at Port Redwing near Tampa, Florida, US.

Port Redwing access

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Ardent Mills’ new flour mill is unique in that it brings in wheat via ocean vessels and shuttle trains.

Truck shipping

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Virtually all flour milled at Port Redwing is shipped by truck to a customer located within a two-hour drive of the mill (a small quantity goes to Miami, Florida, US).

Bühler Arrius

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The A mill features 7 double-high and 18 single-high Arrius integrated grinding systems supplied by Bühler.

Stainless steel spouting

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Stainless steel spouting is among the sanitary features in the new mill.

Bühler sifters

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The A mill features six eight-section sifters and the B mill includes two eight-section sifters and 1 four-section sifter, all supplied by Bühler. 

Flour pallets

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A worker moves a pallet stacked with 50-pound bags of flour in the warehouse section of the mill.

Real-time analysis

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The mill features online instrumentation for real-time analysis in all phases of the operation.